Monday 29 October
The mix of rain and benign sunshine has got everything
flourishing in the garden, especially these beetles. They’ve taken over the fennel now the
Swallowtail caterpillars have left.
My little lemon tree, that Dave gave me for my birthday many
moons ago and which has never done well, being a victim of all sorts of pests,
has finally decided to throw out a few lemon flowers. They appear as pink buds, become white
flowers and then the petals fall to leave these tiny baby lemons, which then
have to survive the storms to grow to maturity.
(In my dreams!)
These are the rugged survivors of benign neglect that have
clustered together around the shed door.
That way they get watered every so often when we change the cat
water. I have decided that most of them
will get transplanted into the new terraced garden in my drystone wall, as they
seem pretty hardy.
And then there are the crops. The pepper plant is going berserk with
peppers, and the aubergines are enjoying a second coming. No thanks to anything we’ve done.
These little crocii have appeared too. Unfortunately not the ones famous for
producing Saffron.
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